From owner-freebsd-stable Sun Jul 27 23:52:52 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id XAA13730 for stable-outgoing; Sun, 27 Jul 1997 23:52:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from btp1da.phy.uni-bayreuth.de (btp1da.phy.uni-bayreuth.de [132.180.20.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id XAA13716 for ; Sun, 27 Jul 1997 23:52:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from werner@localhost) by btp1da.phy.uni-bayreuth.de (8.8.6/8.7.3) id IAA16125; Mon, 28 Jul 1997 08:52:32 +0200 (MEST) Message-ID: <19970728085232.27774@btp1da.phy.uni-bayreuth.de> Date: Mon, 28 Jul 1997 08:52:32 +0200 From: Werner Griessl To: Babumpabajard Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrading to stable References: <3.0.32.19970726012212.00968e60@mail.itw.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.79e In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19970726012212.00968e60@mail.itw.com>; from Babumpabajard on Sat, Jul 26, 1997 at 01:22:13AM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, Jul 26, 1997 at 01:22:13AM -0400, Babumpabajard wrote: > I recently CVsup'ed the sources for stable, and successfully did a make > world. I then used the tutorial on upgrading from sources to re-do my /dev > dirctory, and did all the other things it notes, and restarted. When it > restarted it came up with the inablity to find /dev/wd0s1f device. > > I did not do a sh MAKEDEV wd0s1f. > > This error is becuase I did not do a sh MAKEDEV wd0s1f, right? > > Now, if I start in single user mode, I can read /dev, and there is no > wd0s1f, but I can't create it becuase it's mounting /dev as a read-only > file system. Am I correct in assuming the read-only file system error is > becuase I didn't completely re-make my devices? > > Can I turn off readonly mode? Do a "mount -u /" in single user mode to make it read/write. Werner > > How can I fix this? Can I? > > Thanks for all the help I've already received, and thanks for reading this :> > > Michael